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William Lloyd Standish

William Lloyd Standish

Pennsylvania Western District Court

Born 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA

Died 2015 in Sewickley, PA

FJC ID: 2271

Career output and lasting influence

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year

Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1987–201519701980199020002010201730
citing decisions

Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1987–2015

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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William Lloyd Standish IV (February 16, 1930 – January 1, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County [Pennsylvania]
    Judge · 1980–1987
  2. Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    1956–1980

Appointments

  1. Pennsylvania Western District Court
    1987–2015 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Virginia School of Law
  2. Yale University
    B.A. · 1953